Apple on Tuesday officially took the wraps of the iPhone X, the company’s most exciting iPhone in years. It features a 5.8-inch OLED display, improved camera, and facial recognition for authenticating payments. By all accounts, it’ll be the smartphone to beat when it launches on November 3—but Samsung’s Note 8 certainly has a lot to say.
Samsung’s Note 8 features many of the same things Apple just announced for the iPhone X. In some cases, the Note 8 is superior to the iPhone X because it features a stylus, a larger display, and a more affordable price. But this is Apple we’re talking about, and it’s never as easy as comparing one of its devices with a competitor’s.
You can see how these two stack up on paper in the chart down below.
Apple - iPhone X | Samsung - Galaxy Note 8 | |
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Display Size | 5.8-inch, 1125 x 2436 pixel display (463 ppi) | 6.3-inch, 2960 x 1440 pixel display (522 ppi) |
Resolution X | 1125 | 2960 |
Resolution Y | 2436 | 1440 |
Display Type | Super Retina HD | Quad HD+ |
Operating System | iOS 11 (at launch) | Android 7.1.1 (at launch) |
Processor | A11 Bionic chip with 64-bit architecture | Octa core (2.3GHz Quad + 1.7GHz Quad), 64 bit, 10 nm processor/Octa core (2.35GHz Quad + 1.9GHz Quad), 64 bit, 10 nm processor - Differs by market |
RAM | 3GB (unofficial) | 6GB |
Storage |
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External Storage | No | Yes |
Main Camera (Back) | 12MP | 12MP |
Secondary Camera (Front) | 7MP | 8MP |
Networks |
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Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 LE |
Battery | N/A | 3300mAh |
NFC | Yes | Yes |
Connectivity |
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Sensors |
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GPS |
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Height | 5.65 inches (14.35 cm) | 162.5 mm (6.40 inches) |
Width | 2.79 inches (70.9 mm) | 74.8 mm (2.94 inches) |
Depth | .30 inches (7.6 mm) | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) |
Weight | 6.14 oz (174 g) | 195 g (6.88 oz) |
Colors | Space Gray Silver | N/A |
Supported Audio Formats | AAC-LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+) | MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA, DSF, DFF, APE |
Supported Video Formats | HEVC, H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2, and Motion JPEG | MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM |

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